matt_j
15-07-2002, 18:01
right i have to blurt out my feelings here...... fact is i have met too many twat mechanics...do they grow on a tree of **** or something?
ok, mechanic number one, used hi ages ago and still speak to the swine, hes like 50, aint bad at his job but has the worst case of tourettes syndrome i have ever know, me and andyf are nothing but pleasant to him and he literally greets us with, "awww ****ing hell not you two ****ers again!" - i mean WHAT IS THAT ABOUT???? following that he managed to get silicon into andys fuelling system....riggggghhhhtt not great at the job then.....
mechanic number 2 was a welcome relief as he didnt greet me by swearing at me, he was however an italian that marvelled at the way fiats work, he also loved very expensive labour charges as well, he kept saying "hellicoils" in completely unrelated conversations and then he charged me 270 quid for a service and to fit my hiper muffler.....hmmmmmmm, yes that knocked that one on the head, bye bye italian **** face:mad:
anyway so since then i got annoyed enough to start working on my own car, i dont hand it to anyone now, yet i still get stuck with some chip on their shoulder *****s:mad:
i go for tyres, ****ING TYRES I TELL YOU! and some ******* twat decides hes gonna tell me that his mk2 escort is faster and much better than my 200, whatever i say, but then he tells me how much better his intercooler is than mine cos his came off a truck (altogether now....ooooooohhhhhhh fantastic) then he tells me power doesnt matter its torque then goes on saying escorts are better because.....if it wasnt for andys muffled laughter things would have got a little unpleasant, the guy was actually provoking a fight, as he was under my car, the jack handle was calling me to yank it and let the rear nearside brake disc fall on this guys throat to stop him talking......
and now, just today, i got to the engine machiners after stripping a block to see andys car back on the road for Billing.....to be fair, he didnt greet me by swearing, he wasnt italian and randomly spewing the word "hellicoils" at me, and he didnt throw a rusty ****ty truck intercooler at me screaming "EAT THAT" no this guy....advised me on many things, but like all, they know better than everyone else, he told me that AJUSA gaskets were crap and should be thrown in bins (weird eh Jezz_s13? i know you reckon they are great) and then he told me porting turbo heads loses power and is bad to do, and that 250bhp is all i will need cos after that its a waste of time, WHAT THE FRIGGIN ****ING HELL?????? HE TELLS ME I CANT USE THE POWER I WANT (300+) SO I SHOUT BACK! gah, hes never heard of trackdays obviously, oh my god so many more things but hes intent on telling me what i should do, no advising, just plain old "do this cos i said so, innit"....gah and then to round it off, i question him more and he lets it slip that hes a mechanic, and has been there for only 3 months........FFS in all fairness, a mechanic is not an engine grinder etc, this guy had only been there 3 months yet he sounded like he won some ****ing oscar or summit innit, gah pah and ****!:mad: :mad: :mad:
MUCH BETTER NOW:)
ok, mechanic number one, used hi ages ago and still speak to the swine, hes like 50, aint bad at his job but has the worst case of tourettes syndrome i have ever know, me and andyf are nothing but pleasant to him and he literally greets us with, "awww ****ing hell not you two ****ers again!" - i mean WHAT IS THAT ABOUT???? following that he managed to get silicon into andys fuelling system....riggggghhhhtt not great at the job then.....
mechanic number 2 was a welcome relief as he didnt greet me by swearing at me, he was however an italian that marvelled at the way fiats work, he also loved very expensive labour charges as well, he kept saying "hellicoils" in completely unrelated conversations and then he charged me 270 quid for a service and to fit my hiper muffler.....hmmmmmmm, yes that knocked that one on the head, bye bye italian **** face:mad:
anyway so since then i got annoyed enough to start working on my own car, i dont hand it to anyone now, yet i still get stuck with some chip on their shoulder *****s:mad:
i go for tyres, ****ING TYRES I TELL YOU! and some ******* twat decides hes gonna tell me that his mk2 escort is faster and much better than my 200, whatever i say, but then he tells me how much better his intercooler is than mine cos his came off a truck (altogether now....ooooooohhhhhhh fantastic) then he tells me power doesnt matter its torque then goes on saying escorts are better because.....if it wasnt for andys muffled laughter things would have got a little unpleasant, the guy was actually provoking a fight, as he was under my car, the jack handle was calling me to yank it and let the rear nearside brake disc fall on this guys throat to stop him talking......
and now, just today, i got to the engine machiners after stripping a block to see andys car back on the road for Billing.....to be fair, he didnt greet me by swearing, he wasnt italian and randomly spewing the word "hellicoils" at me, and he didnt throw a rusty ****ty truck intercooler at me screaming "EAT THAT" no this guy....advised me on many things, but like all, they know better than everyone else, he told me that AJUSA gaskets were crap and should be thrown in bins (weird eh Jezz_s13? i know you reckon they are great) and then he told me porting turbo heads loses power and is bad to do, and that 250bhp is all i will need cos after that its a waste of time, WHAT THE FRIGGIN ****ING HELL?????? HE TELLS ME I CANT USE THE POWER I WANT (300+) SO I SHOUT BACK! gah, hes never heard of trackdays obviously, oh my god so many more things but hes intent on telling me what i should do, no advising, just plain old "do this cos i said so, innit"....gah and then to round it off, i question him more and he lets it slip that hes a mechanic, and has been there for only 3 months........FFS in all fairness, a mechanic is not an engine grinder etc, this guy had only been there 3 months yet he sounded like he won some ****ing oscar or summit innit, gah pah and ****!:mad: :mad: :mad:
MUCH BETTER NOW:)